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d3.js tool tip with HTML link

This is designed to demonstrate generating tool tips with an HTML link in them. The graph is based on a simple line graph per the book D3 Tips and Tricks and was generated in response to a question on the d3noob.org blog.

The main differences with this example are the addition of the <a> tags in the appropriate places as commented, the removal of the pointer-events: none attribute in the `style section and the slight amending of the transitions of the html divs so that the tool tips stay in place while the mouse moves off the dot.

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1-May-12 58.13
30-Apr-12 53.98
27-Apr-12 67.00
26-Apr-12 89.70
25-Apr-12 99.00
24-Apr-12 130.28
23-Apr-12 166.70
20-Apr-12 234.98
19-Apr-12 345.44
18-Apr-12 443.34
17-Apr-12 543.70
16-Apr-12 580.13
13-Apr-12 605.23
12-Apr-12 622.77
11-Apr-12 626.20
10-Apr-12 628.44
9-Apr-12 636.23
5-Apr-12 633.68
4-Apr-12 624.31
3-Apr-12 629.32
2-Apr-12 618.63
30-Mar-12 599.55
29-Mar-12 609.86
28-Mar-12 617.62
27-Mar-12 614.48
26-Mar-12 606.98
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style> /* set the CSS */
body { font: 12px Arial;}
path {
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 2;
fill: none;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: grey;
stroke-width: 1;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
div.tooltip {
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 60px;
height: 28px;
padding: 2px;
font: 12px sans-serif;
background: lightsteelblue;
border: 0px;
border-radius: 8px;
/* pointer-events: none; This line needs to be removed */
}
</style>
<body>
<!-- load the d3.js library -->
<script type=
"text/javascript" src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js">
</script>
<script>
// Set the dimensions of the canvas / graph
var margin = {top: 30, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
width = 600 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 270 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
// Parse the date / time
var parseDate = d3.time.format("%d-%b-%y").parse;
var formatTime = d3.time.format("%e %B");// Format tooltip date / time
// Set the ranges
var x = d3.time.scale().range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear().range([height, 0]);
// Define the axes
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(x)
.orient("bottom").ticks(5);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(y)
.orient("left").ticks(5);
// Define the line
var valueline = d3.svg.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.close); });
// Define 'div' for tooltips
var div = d3.select("body")
.append("div") // declare the tooltip div
.attr("class", "tooltip") // apply the 'tooltip' class
.style("opacity", 0); // set the opacity to nil
// Adds the svg canvas
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform",
"translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
// Get the data
d3.csv("data.csv", function(error, data) {
data.forEach(function(d) {
d.date = parseDate(d.date);
d.close = +d.close;
});
// Scale the range of the data
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.close; })]);
// Add the valueline path.
svg.append("path")
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", valueline(data));
// draw the scatterplot
svg.selectAll("dot")
.data(data)
.enter().append("circle")
.attr("r", 5)
.attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.close); })
// Tooltip stuff after this
.on("mouseover", function(d) {
div.transition()
.duration(500)
.style("opacity", 0);
div.transition()
.duration(200)
.style("opacity", .9);
div .html(
'<a href= "http://google.com">' + // The first <a> tag
formatTime(d.date) +
"</a>" + // closing </a> tag
"<br/>" + d.close)
.style("left", (d3.event.pageX) + "px")
.style("top", (d3.event.pageY - 28) + "px");
});
// Add the X Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
// Add the Y Axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
});
</script>
</body>
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